I Was Foolish and I Apologise for That
"Be a good animal, true to your instincts" - D.H Lawrence.
^^ Made me think of Bosco! . I've not written much about the Bosco/Lisbon/Jane triangle which is weird cause I really liked it, and I wish Bosco would have stayed in the show longer but that was nasty old Red Johns doing. Anyhow…
A/N - A tag to S2E06, Black Gold & Red Blood. Jane gets out of jail and doesn't really appreciate what Lisbon has done for him, until he overhears an interesting conversation that makes him feel incredibly guilty…
Jane grinned at Lisbons comment about him rotting in jail and was still smiling as he walked down the corridor away from her office. He really did appreciate what she'd done for him but he couldn't risk telling her that in case something he didn't want to come out of his mouth did so. So he covered it up with his usual façade of being cheery and joking around and she bought it.
Jane was on his way to Bosco's office to try and find out how Lisbon had blackmailed him when something stopped him dead in his tracks. Bosco was in his office, but not alone. A woman who looked to be in her late 30's with long blonde hair was standing behind his desk and Bosco sat in his chair with his head in his hands…
The woman appeared to be Bosco's wife, Mandy. And Jane, being Jane just had to stop and listen even though he'd just gotten arrested for eavesdropping.
"Mandy she said she was going to talk, about the incident 8 years ago." Bosco told the woman, his wife for sure.
"Sam don't worry. Teresa was probably just using it to make you get Jane out of jail, I doubt she will really talk." Mandy said, a hand on his arm comforting the man.
Bosco shook his head, "No, I know her well Mandy and that look in her eyes…she was ready to talk."
Mandy's eyes widened, "Teresa was willing to throw away her career, face imprisonment and break your friendship for this guy?"
Bosco nodded, his face scrunching up in annoyance, Mandy sighed, "What the hell has happened to the Teresa Lisbon I knew?" She asked, perching on the edge of Bosco's desk.
Bosco's eyes darkened, "She's been corrupted by Patrick Jane." He said, his voice low and angry.
"So you still think she might talk even though Janes out of prison with no charges against him?" Mandy asked, biting her lip in her worried state.
"If something happens to Jane that is remotely my fault…yes, she will talk." Bosco said, Mandy seemed to not believe this, "Sam…" She trailed off and Bosco groaned, "She won't get time in prison Mandy!" He exclaimed, making his wife jump a little.
"I'm sorry." He said, his tone softer as he placed a hand on hers, "I killed him. I was like Jane once, I broke the rules and came up with out of the box ways to catch killers. On that one case…" He paused for breath and outside the door Jane listened intently.
"On that one case I thought I could set the killer up by telling the wife that her husband was the killer, when the husband got home that night I figured there would be a fight and the truth would come out, but the wife shot the guy and then shot herself, but the guy was still alive and I…I finished the job." Bosco finished, his hand shaking a little, Mandy watching him with shocked, wide eyes, she'd known he'd killed a man but she hadn't known the full story.
"So…" Mandy began, her voice shaking a little, "So what role did Teresa play in all of this?"
Bosco's eyes went dark again, he was guilty for getting her involved, "She helped me cover it up, get rid of the finger prints, make it look as if the wife had killed the husband and then herself…its why I thought she was capable of the murder of McBride a few weeks ago…She managed to destroy all the evidence and set someone else up as the killer all those years ago…she could have easily done it again." He sighed deeply and Mandy grabbed his hand, she smiled softly at him.
"I think we need to go home Sam." She said, her voice still quiet yet comforting. Bosco nodded and stood up to get his coat and Jane fled back to the bullpen.
He lay on his couch for a moment, processing what he had just heard in Bosco's office. Lisbon had risked breaking the trust of her close friend (and Jane suspected at one point, lover) to get him out of a 2 year imprisonment sentence…She had also risked losing her own career and a possible one year sentence for accessory to murder…all for him and suddenly he felt a lot more appreciative and grateful for what Lisbon had done for him.
Jumping up he made his way to her office where he knew she would still be due to the fact that at this time on a Friday night only he and she remained on their floor of the CBI HQ, even the cleaners had left.
When he walked in he smiled to see her with the line of concentration between her eyes as she filled out paperwork with the light from her desktop lamp making her face light up and look angelic.
She looked up with a frown at Jane, who was standing watching her with a creepy smile on his face.
"Yes Jane?" She prompted, causing Jane to break from his trance, the smile fell from his face as he cleared his throat, "I realise that you broke the trust of a close friend and risked both his and your imprisonment for me and I was foolish to take it for granted, I was foolish to take you for granted so I apologise most profoundly for that."
Lisbon watched him for a moment, he'd figured out what had happened obviously and now he felt guilty. Eventually she nodded, "Okay." She said, "Just promise you'll be a little bit more mature, please." Lisbon was practically begging and it worked because Jane nodded, "I'll try." He said.
Lisbon smiled, "Thank You." She said and it was with a nod and a genuine smile that Jane settled down for the night on Lisbons comfy red sofa, and he realised, it felt like home.
The End!
Thanks for reading! xxx
